Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One affected with apathy; one who is destitute of or does not exhibit feeling; specifically, an adherent of the moral philosophy of the Stoics. See
stoicism .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who is destitute of feeling.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun : One who has
no feeling towards anything, or more specifically religion.
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Examples
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Mr. Gould plays a pessimistic photographer (a "devout apathist," actually) whose eternally cheerful girlfriend (Marcia Rodd) drags him home to meet her screwed-up family.
Sad Songs Say So Much Steve Dollar 2010
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In any case, I think it's interesting that Gary leaped to Biblical allusions as quickly as I did, even though he always says he's an apathist.
Archive 2008-08-01 Susan Palwick 2008
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In any case, I think it's interesting that Gary leaped to Biblical allusions as quickly as I did, even though he always says he's an apathist.
The Amazing Invisible Cat Susan Palwick 2008
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I know I'm going a little nuts with this, but Gary says he likes a lot of bumper stickers and he's happy to ride in the car even though he's atheist . . . or apathist, as he prefers to call himself.
Archive 2008-04-01 Susan Palwick 2008
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I know I'm going a little nuts with this, but Gary says he likes a lot of bumper stickers and he's happy to ride in the car even though he's atheist . . . or apathist, as he prefers to call himself.
One Crowded Bumper Susan Palwick 2008
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This emotional distancing is at heart a spiritual discipline, one with roots in Christian and Stoic thinking about controlling the emotions: apatheia apathism – the structured denial of emotion, apathist, apathistic.
The apathistic stance, and asophism Sam Norton 2006
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I do not love a cold-blooded apathist; but I delight in putting those who interest me to the severest tests.
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tankexmortis commented on the word apathist
One devoted to apathy.
January 17, 2007